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| Message transport security by GatewayDefender.com
| 1:16:27 AM ET - 8/26/2005
I prefer to use RPM packages when possible since urpmi and its GUI interface
make package management so much simpler. I will explain, in detail, the steps
required to install java using an rpm package provided by Sun on Mandriva. I
will also give the steps to make the java plugin available to Firefox
I will make the following assumptions:
1. Minimal Linux knowledge [please do not be offended if this is not so].
2. Firefox was installed with the mozilla-firefox RPM package provided by
Mandriva.
3. Firefox is used to download the file from sun.
4. Firefox downloads files to the desktop.
5. The file downloaded from Sun is not already executable.
6. You are using the KDE desktop environment.
Go to 'http://java.sun.com' to download the java package.
There are two versions available, J2SE-5.0 or J2SE-1.4.2.
Both work OK in Firefox, but AFAIK, only the 1.4.2 version works in Konqueror.
Navigate to the downloads page. Make sure to select the link 'Linux RPM in
self extracting file'. This will download a .bin file which contains the java
RPM package.
You will have to extract the RPM package from the .bin file in a terminal
window as root, so you will have to make it executable first.
Open a terminal window.
Switch to your desktop directory:
Enter: 'cd Desktop' [no quotes]
Switch to the root user:
Enter: 'su' [no quotes].
Enter your root password when requested.
Make the .bin file executable, then extract the RPM package:
For 'J2SE(TM) Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4':
Enter 'chmod +x ./jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.bin' [no quotes].
Enter './jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.bin' [no quotes],
For 'Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition 1.4.2_09':
Enter 'chmod +x ./j2re-1_4_2_09-linux-i586-rpm.bin' [no quotes].
Enter './j2re-1_4_2_09-linux-i586-rpm.bin' [no quotes].
You should read their terms.
To extract the RPM:
Enter: 'yes <ENTER>' [no quotes] when asked to accept.
After the RPM file has been extracted, you can install it with the Software
Installer from within KDE filemanager. Keep the terminal window open. You
will need it later.
In filemanager, navigate to '~/Desktop'.
Alt-Click the RPM package.
Move the mouse cursor to 'Open With ...' in the context menu
Select 'Software Installer' in the pop out menu.
Click the 'Install' button
Enter your root password when requested.
The Software Installer will install the java package correctly for you.
Click the 'Done' button.
Java is now installed on your computer.
Create a link between the java plugin and Firefox as root using the terminal
window.
Switch to the Firefox plugins directory:
Enter: 'cd /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.0.6/plugins' [no quotes].
For 'J2SE(TM) Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4', create the link:
Enter: 'ln /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
<ENTER>' [no quotes]
For 'Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition 1.4.2_09', create the
link:
Enter: 'ln /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_09/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
<ENTER>' [no quotes].
The next time you open firefox, java should work correctly.
You can delete the .bin and the RPM files since they are no longer needed. I
check the Sun WEB site about once a month for updates. If you choose, you can
keep the RPM file in the location of your choice to avoid re-downloading the
same package in the event of calamity.
HTH,
Many thanks for this. After a lot of mucking around I did finally get
it going using the ln -s for the link. Thanks for this excellent tutorial.
--
Rosemary
Registered Linux User # 386597 http://counter.li.org
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